What was the Pays de Vaud?

The Pays de Vaud was a historical region that functioned as a bailiwick—a territory administered by a bailiff—within the Old Swiss Confederacy. It was politically subordinate to the canton of Bern and corresponds geographically to the modern Swiss canton of Vaud.

When did the Pays de Vaud exist?

The entity was formally established in 1536 and lasted until 1798. This period began with Bern's conquest of the region from the Duchy of Savoy and ended with the collapse of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the French-inspired Helvetic Revolution.

What was its relationship with Bern?

The Pays de Vaud was a dependent territory under Bernese control. Its administration was directed by a bailiff (German: *Landvogt*) who was appointed by the government of the canton of Bern, to which the region reported.

Pays de Vaud

Region corresponding to the actual canton de Vaud and that was under the administration of a bailiff appointed by the Bern canton

Class type of: administrative territorial entity Q131195148

Facts

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Identity

Instance of: bailiwick, dependent territory, historical region^[2]^[3]
Inception: 1536^[6]

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Subclass of: administrative territorial entity^[5]
Capital: Lausanne^[4]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished: 1798^[7]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1798
Located in the present day administrative territorial entity: Canton of Vaud, Old Swiss Confederacy, Switzerland
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Canton of Vaud, Old Swiss Confederacy, Switzerland^[8]^[9]^[10]

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en Pays de Vaud

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Instance of 3

dependent territory, historical region, bailiwick

Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 3

Switzerland, Canton of Vaud, Old Swiss Confederacy

Capital 1

Lausanne

Subclass of 1

administrative territorial entity

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Summary

Pays de Vaud is a bailiwick^[1].

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Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Pays de Vaud is an instance of bailiwick (Q4996207) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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